Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly gathered evidence that a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a top Russian official was part of a bid to create a back-channel between the Trump administration and the Kremlin. According to The Washington Post, Prince had told congressional investigators the meeting was not set up in advance, but his account was contradicted by “a witness cooperating with Mueller.” The meeting took place just before Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly gathered evidence that a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a top Russian official was part of a bid to create a back-channel between the Trump administration and the Kremlin. According to The Washington Post, Prince had told congressional investigators the meeting was not set up in advance, but his account was contradicted by “a witness cooperating with Mueller.” The meeting took place just before Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly gathered evidence that a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a top Russian official was part of a bid to create a back-channel between the Trump administration and the Kremlin. According to The Washington Post, Prince had told congressional investigators the meeting was not set up in advance, but his account was contradicted by “a witness cooperating with Mueller.” The meeting took place just before Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly gathered evidence that a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a top Russian official was part of a bid to create a back-channel between the Trump administration and the Kremlin. According to The Washington Post, Prince had told congressional investigators the meeting was not set up in advance, but his account was contradicted by “a witness cooperating with Mueller.” The meeting took place just before Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.

There are quite a few reasons why an incoming administration would decide to hold low-profile talks with a rival great power.

For one, the Obama administration spied on high-ranking members of the Trump transition team. The Obama intelligence community “unintentionally” intercepted Gen. Michael Flynn’s and Jared Kushner’s communications with the former Russian ambassador to the U.S., so it may not come as a surprise that the Trump team may have attempted to conduct diplomatic efforts differently.

Also, U.S.-Russia relations devolved into an unmitigated disaster during President Obama’s tenure. His “lead from behind” strategy led to an emboldened Russia that annexed the Ukraine’s Crimea and emboldened the Kremlin to take aggressive measures to support U.S. adversaries in the Middle East and Asia.

Moreover, many in the media fail to mention the fact that the Obama transition team opened up a back channel to Hamas, designated by the U.S. as a terrorist group, which rules the Gaza Strip. Robert Malley, an Obama adviser who later became the National Security Council’s Middle East director, was reportedly the point person for the back channel to Hamas. Obama’s forgotten back channel to Hamas

Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly gathered evidence that a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a top Russian official was part of a bid to create a back-channel between the Trump administration and the Kremlin. According to The Washington Post, Prince had told congressional investigators the meeting was not set up in advance, but his account was contradicted by “a witness cooperating with Mueller.” The meeting took place just before Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.

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